Two youths abuse six Dalit girls in Kutch

Six college-going Dalit girls were allegedly sexually harassed and hurled abuses over their caste by two youth in a state transport bus on Tuesday, as per a police complaint in Kutch. A fellow student who intervened was thrashed and they were threatened with a sword of dire consequences if they approached the college authorities or the police.

As per the FIR, all the girls who are students of a Mandvi college travelled by ST bus daily from Mota Layja village to Mandvi town in Kutch. Bharat V Gadhvi and Naran Gadhvi aka Chicho had been harassing them and using foul language against them for the past one month. “There is no need for you people to get education,” was routinely used to abuse the girls.

On Tuesday they crossed all limits and started touching them, using vulgar language and showing signs towards the girls. On watching this, Muhammad Hussain S Kumbhar, 18, a college mate of the same village tried to intervene, but he was beaten by both the accused.

Kumbhar told Mirror, “When the bus reached Layja they called up their associates and as soon as we got down, they thrashed me with sticks. One of girl’s father who was at bus stop was also beaten up.”

Six associates of the accused namely Govind Lasha Gadhvi, Sambhu Gadhvi, Haresh Gadhvi, Ram Gadhvi, Naran Gadhvi and Mohan Gadhvi were carrying sticks and threatened them not to go to college again else they will be murdered. Govind Gadhvi was carrying sword and he threatened to kill them, the complaint states.

When word of the Dalit girls and Kumbhar boy being beaten up spread in the small village, members of Dalit and Gadhvi community gathered at the police station. Mandvi PI MR Gameti said, “As a huge crowd gathered, he himself went to the spot to register the complaint.” Shivji H Maheshwari, Kutch spokesperson of Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch alleged that police was not ready to register complaint. “Victim girls were forced to swear in the name of their god and then only police believed them,” Maheshwari said. "Five accused Naran Gadhvi, Sambhu Gadhvi, Haresh Gadhvi, Naran Gadhvi and Mohan Gadhvi were arrested late evening," Gameti said.

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